{"id":93630,"date":"2021-03-17T06:55:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=93630"},"modified":"2021-03-17T06:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:55:17","slug":"russias-putin-authorised-pro-trump-influence-campaign-us-intelligence-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2021\/03\/17\/russias-putin-authorised-pro-trump-influence-campaign-us-intelligence-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia’s Putin authorised pro-Trump ‘influence’ campaign, US intelligence says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"BBC \u2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to have authorised attempts to influence last year’s US election in favour of former President Donald Trump, intelligence officials say.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Moscow spread “misleading or unsubstantiated allegations” about the eventual winner<\/a>, Joe Biden, according to a US government report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But it said no foreign government had compromised the final results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Russia called the allegations of election interference “baseless”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The conclusions of the report… are confirmed solely by the confidence of the intelligence services of their self-righteousness,” the Russian embassy in Washington said in a statement. “No facts or specific evidence of such claims were provided.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The US is expected to impose sanctions on Russia as soon as next week over the report’s conclusions, three sources told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Iran ‘sought to weaken Trump support’<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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The 15-page report, released on Tuesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, outlined what it said were “influence operations” pushed by Russia as well as Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It said Russian-linked individuals had spread unsubstantiated claims about President Biden ahead of the 3 November election. It also said a disinformation campaign sought to undermine confidence in the broader election process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some people connected to Russian intelligence also pushed anti-Biden narratives to media outlets, senior officials and allies of Mr Trump, the report said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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President Biden defeated Mr Trump and was inaugurated on 20 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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